Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 14782, John Geer, Conn.

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Beer, John Beer
W 14782
Onnah
CONTENTS

Massachusetts 31,593
John Geere,
of Berkshire Co. in the State of Mass'tts. who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Saint Mills of the Reg't commanded by Col. Ennis in the Cont. line for 6 months. private.
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 th day of Feb. ruary 1839, and sent to Hon. G. H. Briggs, Sec. of War.
Arrears to the 4th of Sept. 1838 = $150:00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 M. '39, 10:00 $160:00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by S. A. Elliot Clerk, Book 2, Vol. 2, Page 30.
Dead
Paid at the Treasury under the Act of the 16 th April 1838. from 1 st March to 25 th Dec 1840 Age Notified 23 July 1841

Rep?
Paid at Treasury, under act 6 th April, 1838, from 4 th March, 1841 to 4 th Sept. 1844. Agent notified 13 April, 1845.
5692.
Massachusetts
Onnah Geere
widow of John Geere Con n who was a Private in the Revolution
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 20 Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4 th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th day of June 1844 and sent to Hon. J. Rockwell House of Reps.
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A, Vol. 1. Page 43.

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Hon. J. C. Bates, Senate N1

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. On this fifth day of December in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty three personally appeared before the Court of Probate now held at Great Barrington in said County. Hannah Green of Peru in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts aged Seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to law, on her oath makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress passed July 4, 1838, entitled "An act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows". — That she is the widow of John Green late of said Peru deceased, who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution and a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the time of his death. — She cannot state the details of his services, as they took place prior to her marriage, but refers to his declaration on file in the War Department & the accompanying proofs. — She further declares that she was married to the said John Green on the twenty fifth day of April in the year Seventeen hundred & eighty one; that her husband, the aforesaid John, died on the twenty fifth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred & forty. — That she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service, but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and ninety four, viz. at the time above stated.
S. Dec. 5. '43
— subscribed and sworn to the day and year aforesaid —
Before me, William P. Walker Judge of Probate
hnr Hannah X Green
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire County ss.
I Henry W Bishop Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire do certify that the foregoing con- tains the original proceedings of said Court in the matter of the application of Hannah Geer for a pension that the Hon. William F. Walker is the Judge of said Court duly Commissioned and qualified and that the foregoing signature, purporting to be his, is his genuine signature.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand & the seal of said Court this sixth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred & forty three.
Henry W Bishop Reg d Prob.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Berkshire, ss.
ON this twenty eighth day of August A. D. 1832. personally appeared in open Court, before the Honorable WILLIAM P. WALKER, Judge of the Court of Probate, within and for said County of Berkshire, now sitting, John Geer a resident of the town of Perry in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, aged seventy two years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated.
1 st I enlisted in May 1779 at Kent in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut under Lieut. Lewis Mills of the Connecticut Militia. marched from thence thro Danbury to Horse-neck & served three and one half months under Capt. David Rootes, we went from Horse-neck to White Plains in the State of New York, & thence to West Point. Genl. Macomb was Commander of the Fort at West Point at this time. Colo. Eustis or Eustis was our officer, we were released at back point went home to Kent was there about one month & was then ordered back to Horse-neck, where I wintered, & was dismissed in April 1780. at Horse-neck. In relinquishing my claim to a pension except the present & declare that my name is not on the Pension Roll of the agency of any State. I was born in said Kent Apr. 2. 1760. & there is a record of my birth in the Clerk's office in Kent. After I left the service my father gave me my time & I removed to Norwich Massachusetts, where I live about two years, when I came to Pittsfield, now called Peru and have resided there ever since. I never had a written discharge. I know of no person living in this State who was in the service with me. John Geer Sworn to & subscribed this day & year aforesaid W. P. Walker Judge of Probate

We Smith Phillips & Roger Haswell both of Seres do hereby certify that we have been acquainted with John Brown who has sworn to & subscribed the foregoing declaration, and that we have entire confidence in his integrity & truth. & have no doubt that he served in the Revolution as he has stated Smith Phillips Roger Haswell
S.
Subscribed & sworn to this day & year aforesaid. W. P. Walker J. Probate

19679 John Geere Application for Pension Augt. 28-1832 Peru - Ms.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity, except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
Sworn to, and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
Clark Hatch of Washington Litchfield County testifies and says, that he is well acquainted with John Green, now residing in Peru, Berkshire County State of Massachusetts, and formerly of Huns, Litchfield Co and was acquainted with said Green when residing in the latter place from infancy to manhood and during which time he the said Green, sustained a fair character. And furthermore the deponent remembers distinctly that the said Green, on or about the year A.D. one thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, enlisted into the United States army (Connecticut line,) and that he went into the service with Lieut. Lewis Mills then of said Huns, the deponent does not know the precise time or amount of service performed in said army by the said Green, but is confident that the said Green, served as aforesaid for six months or more.
And furthermore the deponent says he is seventy years of age.
And further the deponent saith not. Litchfield County ss. Washington August 15 th 1832
Clark Hatch
Litchfield County ss. Washington Aug. 15. 1832 Personally appeared Clark Hatch subscribed to the foregoing deposition and made solemn oath to the truth of the same before me
Ensign Bushnell Justice of Peace

with _____ who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be _____ years of age; that he is repu- ted and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid.
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories, prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Smith Phillips who signed the preceding certificate is a Clergyman  Deacon , res- ident in the town of Peru — in the County of Berkshire and Roger Haskell of Peru — and that who has also signed the same, is a resident in the town of Peru — in the County of Berkshire and Commonwealth of Massachusetts — and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
W. P. Walker J. Rodate
I, HENRY W. BISHOP, Register of the Court of Probate within and for the Coun- ty of Berkshire in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the ap- plication of John Geer — for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office of said Court of Probate, this twenty eight day of August in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty two —
Henry W Bishop Register of Probate

1 I Beme Tower of Pittsfield in the County of Berkshire Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Wife of Peter Tower aged Sixty nine years. do testify & say, that I am the Sister of Omnah Gern of Berrin said County. Widow of John Gern late of said Berrin deceased, who was a Revolutionary Soldier & a pensioner of the United States at the time of his death. My said Sister Omnah was about ten years older than myself. I was present at her marriage to the said John Gern which took place at the House of our father Obadiah Gern  Abben in said Berrin. A Clergyman by the name of Bascom performed the marriage ceremony. It took place in the Spring or Summer of the year when I was in the seventeenth or eighteenth year of my age. I think, in my eighth year. I have a perfect recollection of witnessing the marriage, & my being of the age above mentioned. After the marriage, the said John & Omnah went to Worcester Norwich & lived there some time, & then returned to Berrin & then lived together as man & wife till his death, at which a short time when they lived in Worthington - and further this deponent saith not. — Beme Tower
Berkshire ss Nov. 28. 1843. Then the above named Beme Tower, made oath to the truth of the above deposition by her subscribed before me and I certify that on inquiry I am satisfied that the said Beme Tower is a Credible Witness. Geo. S. Fuller. Justice of the peace. The word "Gern" was read & "Abbe" substituted, also "Gern" marriage" erased & "re" substituted by me, before signature Geo. S. Fuller Just. peace

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry W Bishop. Register of the Court of Probate within & for said County of Berkshire do certify that George I Tucke Esquire, whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate, was at the date thereof, one of the Justices of the Peace within and for said County duly com- missioned and acting under the author- ity of this Commonwealth and that full faith and credit are & ought to be given to his acts and attestations done in that capacity, and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said George I Tucke and believe his signature to said certificate is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of said Court of Probate this sixth day of Decem- ber in the year Eighteen hundred and fifty three.
Henry W Bishop Reg t Prob.

Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 14782
Annah E. Cere
Widow of
John E. Cere
Pre Civil War
Act: March 3 d 48
Index:—Vol. A , Page 268
[Arrangement of 1870.]

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Onnah Geer Massachusetts
Sec. to Hon. J. C. Ball Feb. 1. 1844
7. July. 1838

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Massachusetts
Annah Geere
widow of John Geere
who was a pensioner under the Act of 1832 and who died on the 25 Dec. 1840 of Berkshire Co in the State of Mass. who was a Private in the Compy: commanded by Captain L t Mills of the Reg: commanded by Colonel Eno in the Conn: line for 6 mos:
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 20. Dollars Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st day of April 1841 and sent to Hon J. C. Bates W. S. Senate.
Total Amount, $100:00
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by J. L. Mann Clerk, Book L Vol. 1 Page 59.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
July 16 th 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of John Geere, dec d a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty — Dollars and — Cents per annum, under the law of the 7 th June 1832, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of March, to the 25 th Dec r 1840.
Respectfully yours,
William L. Parris
Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions,
Present.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
SECOND COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE,
Nov. 17 th 1848.
Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An Act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," and the third section of the Act of August 23, 1842, extending the time within which pensioners may receive their pensions from the pension agents, Annah Geer a Pensioner on the Roll of the Massachusetts Agency, at the rate of Twenty Dollars and Cents per annum, under the law of the 17 th June 1844, has been paid at this Department, from the 1 st of March 1844 to the 4 th Sept. 1844.
Respectfully, yours,
W. L. G. Smith
Comptroller.
To the COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS,
Present.

Washington 13 Feb 39
Sir
Can you call Mr. Gurn in your letter of the 12 th inst. & after what I suggest is Mr. Geere of Penn Mass. His papers were sent some time last fall by H. Marsh Esq. of Dalton Mass. I can't tell under what law,

J. L. Edward Esq Cam Russians
Washington D.C.

Dalton Sept 29. 1838
J. L. Edwards Esq or To the Com. of Pensions
Sir Enclosed are the papers of Mr. John Geers. I hope they will prove satisfactory to the department & that the Certificate may be soon forwarded to him respectfully -
Henry Marsh
Dalton Berkshire County Mass.

9679 John Greene
H. M. Bishop Esq. Leroy. Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of John Geer which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? no VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yes

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had? XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? no If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeh and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

J. L. Edwards Eng

Feb 22. '44
Dear Sir,
Herewith you will find a locking paper in the case referred to.
Yr. S. Baird

Senox Feb 17 th 1844
Mr Bowles
Sir
I received yours of Feb 1 st which you received from Mr Edwards Esq stating that it was necessary to have a certificate of the Church record & the town record I have obtained them and I forward them enclosed in this - I had wholly forgotten them until a day or two before I received yours, as I was a looking over my files of papers & see that I had not obtained those certificates - I have sent to Hartford for Mr Sigers certificate although I am thinking that his name was never returned there & that he proved his services by living witnesses - Mr Edwards stated that all the names of those who did service in the Connecticut line could be found at the Comptrollers office I think he must be mistaken about that for I had an old Uncle which is now dead or died before the Pension act passed & he was out three years & some months & no such name is found in those books & I know of 3 or 4 thousand names where they have never been returned to Hartford & there is undoubtedly many thousands where the rolls have been wholly destroyed where they have done actual service
yours Respectfully &c.
Abel Pease

5998
Map Mar 3 rd 1843 Omaha Gore
$20 per an
Hon. J. Rockwell 7/22

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Berkshire ss. On this twenty fourth day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty four, personally appeared before me the Subscriber, a Justice of the Peace within & for the County aforesaid Ornah  Ornah Gerra, a resident of Peru in the County and Commonwealth aforesaid, aged seventy nine years, who being first duly sworn according to her oath, makes the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed March 3, 1843, granting pensions to the Widows of certain Soldiers who served during the Revolutionary War. — That she is the Widow of John Gerra late of said Peru, deceased, who died on the twenty fifth day of December 1840, & who was a Soldier in the War of the Revolution: That she has received a pension on account of the services of the said John at the rate of twenty dollars per annum under the act of Congress, passed July 7, 1838, from the 4 th of March 1836, to the 4 th of March 1841, & she refers to her declaration the accompanying proofs, under that act, for evidence of his services, her marriage to the said John, & his death. She further declares that she still continues unmarried & the Widow of the said John Gerra deceased. —
Sworn & subscribed this twenty fourth day of May 1844 } her Ornah name Gerra Before me Cyrus Stowell — Justice of the peace
Berkshire ss, May 24, 1844. I certify that the above named Ornah Gerra, who made oath to the truth of the foregoing declaration before me and subscribed the same in my presence is unmarried & the Widow of the said John Gerra deceased, and is a person of truth & a credible witness. Cyrus Stowell — Justice of the peace

This certifies that there is no record of the marriage of John Geer to Annah Abbee in the books of the church in my possession, nor of any other marriage prior to March 6 1825.
Peru Feb 17 1844.
Joseph Knight Pastor of the Cong. Ch. Peru.
Berkshire ss Peru February 17 th 1844 Then the Revd Joseph Knight personally appeared and made solemn oath that the above certificate by him subscribed was the truth —
Before me Cyrus Stowell justice of the Peace —
I Sylvester S. Bowen clerk of the Town of Peru formerly called Partridgefield do certify that upon examination of the Records of the said Town of Partridgefield and all Records in my possession and cannot find any Record of the marriage of John Geer and Annah Abbee.
Peru Feb. 17 th 1844. Sylvester S. Bowen clerk { of the Town of Peru
Berkshire ss Peru February 17 th 1844, then Sylvester S. Bowen, clerk of the Town of Peru legally chosen and sworn as such, personally appeared and made solemn oath to the truth of the above certificate by him subscribed. Before me Cyrus Stowell justice of the Peace —

31,593
John Green Mass
Oct 1832
in Roll Capt Olmstead - Col. Enr
acount Omaha 20
Hon. G. H. Briggs

I Benjamin Sackett of Warren Litchfield County Connecticut aged 76 years depose & say that I was a soldier in the army of the Revolutionary war - I belonged to Capt David Olmsted company under the command of Col Roger Eno & Major Eleazer Brantiss - The company of which I was a member all enlisted for one year provided our services were wanted for that period - Capt Olmsted's company was first called into service the latter part of May 1778. we met & organized at Horse-Neck on Long Island Sound at which place I first became acquainted with John Geer of Kent in the County & State aforesaid. S. Geer was likewise a member of Capt Olmsted's company & had enlisted for the same period & upon the same terms for which myself & the other members of S. company had. Our company continued in the service at S. Horse-Neck & Saw-Pits in this State, & at White Plains & West Point in the state of New York about three months, when we

were disbanded - After remaining at our several places of residence more than a month we were again called into service - We met & organized the second time at S d Horse-Track where we remained about three months until I think the beginning of January 1779 when we were again disbanded & not any more called into the service - During the foregoing described period of about six months the S d John Geer was constantly in service in Capt Olmsted company - And in further testimony that I was in the army of the Revolution I would state that my name is inscribed on the Pension List & that I now receive a pension from the government - Subscribed by me at S d Warren this 27 th August AD 1838 -
Benjamin Sackett
Sworn to & subscribed at S d Warren at the date above written & I certify that the above deponent is a credible person -
Before me Geo. P. Tallmadge Justice of Peace

We the subscribers inhabitants of Warren Litchfield County Connecticut are personally acquainted with Mr Benjamin Sackett signer of the forgoing instrument & do certify that he is one of our most respectable & credible persons. We have known him for many years past —
Benajah Mallory Hermon L Hall
State Connecticut } ss Warren Aug 27. 1838 Litchfield County }
The persons whose signatures appear above are personally known to me to sustain good character for truth & that made oath to the above certificate by them subscribed —
Before me Geo. P. Tallmadge Justice of Peace

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, } ss. Litchfield. LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
I Origen S. Seymour Clerk
of the County Court of the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that
George P. Tallmadge Esquire is a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly commissioned and qualified, and by Law authorized to administer Oaths and to take the acknowledgment of Deeds . And that his commission was dated on the 29 th day of May A. D. 1838 and will expire on the 20 th day of June, A. D. 1839 & that the foregoing is the genuine signature of the said Justice.
Given under my hand and the Seal of said Court this
28 th day of August A. D. 1838.
Origen S. Seymour Clerk

A B I Peter Gerr of Peru in Berkshire County. Massachusetts aged forty three years do testify & say, that I am the Son of John Gerr late of said Peru, dec'd. & Hannah Gerr his Widow now residing at said Peru. Said John Gerr was a Revolutionary Pensioner at his death. The said John Gerr died at said Peru on the twenty fifth day of December in the year Eighteen hundred forty. & the said Hannah has not since married, but still continues the Widow of said John Gerr, dec'd. — I was present at his death & funeral. — Peter Gerr
Berkshire ss. Dec 5. 1843. Then the above named Peter Gerr made oath to the truth of the above deposition by him declared before me — I do certify that from my acquaintance with him I believe him to be a person of truth & acceptable witness Geo. S. Tucker Just. Peace
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Berkshire ss. I Henry W. Bishop Registrar of the Court of Probate within & for said County do certify that George S. Tucker Esquire whose signature is affixed to the foregoing certificate was at the date thereof one of the Justices of the Peace within & for said County, duly commissioned and acting under the authority of this common- wealth and that full faith & credit are and ought to be given to his acts and

attestations done in that capacity and that I am acquainted with the hand writing of the said George I Tucker and believe his signature to said certificate is Genuine
In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand & the seal of said Court of Probate this sixth day of December in the year eighteen hundred & sixty, three
Henry H Bishop Regt Prob.

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Geer, Michael GRADE Private LINE Crane's Continental Artillery (Massachusetts)
WARRANT NUMBER 4288 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED Dec. 30, 1790 to not shown
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.